How to Sideboard With Super Friends (UWR Planeswalkers)
June 21, 2010 | Posted by Dee
In the deck price tag for Super Friends, two people left comments asking for my sideboard plans. So, below are some general guidelines for sideboarding with the deck.
Keep in mind that I’m not a master like Saito, the deck’s creator. 
I might be a little off on the optimal sideboarding plans but hopefully they will help you win more matches.
I’ve tried to cover the most common decks, but let me know in the comments if you want me to cover other decks. Also, if you have any questions as to why I sideboard the way I do, feel free to leave a comment.
UW Control
+4 Negate
+2 Baneslayer Angel
+3 Cunning Sparkmage
-4 Wall of Omens
-4 Day of Judgment
-1 Journey to Nowhere
Mirror
+4 Negate
+2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
+2 Baneslayer Angel
+2 Cunning Sparkmage
-4 Wall of Omens
-2 Journey to Nowhere
-4 Day of Judgment
Jund
+2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
+3 Celestial Purge
+2 Baneslayer Angel
-2 Ajani Vengeant
-3 Jace Beleren
-2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Mythic Conscription
+4 Cunning Sparkmage
-3 Jace Beleren
-1 Spreading Seas
Naya
+2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
+2 Baneslayer Angel
-3 Jace Beleren
-1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Next Level Bant
+2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
+2 Baneslayer Angel
-3 Jace Beleren
-1 Ajani Vengeant
Red Deck Wins
+2 Baneslayer Angel
+3 Celestial Purge
+4 Cunning Sparkmage
+3 Negate
-3 Jace Beleren
-3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
-2 Gideon Jura
-4 Spreading Seas
Grixis Control
Updated 6/22/10: I like the following plan better.
+4 Negate
+3 Celestial Purge
+2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
-2 Jace Beleren
-2 Day of Judgment
-4 Wall of Omens
-3 Ajani Vengeant
Polymorph
+4 Negate
+4 Cunning Sparkmage
-4 Wall of Omens
-4 Spreading Seas
Vampires
-3 Ajani Vengeant
-3 Jace Beleren
-4 Spreading Seas
+2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
+2 Baneslayer Angel
+3 Celestial Purge
+2 Negate
+1 Cunning Sparkmage
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OK My friend,
thanks a lot fr yr answer. I’ll see how it works . I’ve always played with JUND, but now I’m trying CTRL FRIENDS..
If I have any questions, I’ll let you now
Thks
Rgds from CHILE
JG
i Like Sphinx of Jwar Isle against uw control.
and why not Cunning Sparkmage against Next Level Bant?
and why play jace beleren md if sb out against 80% of decks?
and maybe negate against NLB and mythic.
enzo,
Sphinx of Jwar Isle could probably work. But I didn’t want to make the deck too top-heavy. I could see boarding in 2 Sphinx for 1 Journey and 1 Gideon or both Gideons.
Sideboarding versus UW Control is tricky because they can bring in so many things. For example, you will probably need some Day of Judgment if they sideboard Emeria Angel or their own Sphinx of Jwar Isle.
Also, make sure to cut the Cunning Sparkmage if you don’t see Luminarch Ascension.
In my experience, Cunning Sparkmage is only good against Luminarch Ascension and decks with a lot of one-power guys. Next Level Bant only has seven one-power guys whereas Mythic has 12 of those creatures.
Jace Beleren has been great maindeck for me even though I board him out in a lot of matchups. If you look at the matchups where I take out Jace B, I bring in different cards so there is not a clear replacement for it.
Jace B fits the mana curve well since we don’t have a lot of three drops. You could try Baneslayer and/or Sphinx in its place but that increases the curve. I know that I increase the curve in some matchups when I take out Jace B, but I don’t mind that trade off since I’ll be bringing in more powerful cards that are good in those matchups.
Plus, Jace B is great with all the Jace TMS’s running around. But if you don’t have a lot of Jace TMS in your metagame and still want a three drop, feel free to substitute Jace B with something like Divination and/or Sea Gate Oracle. I especially like Sea Gate Oracle in aggro metagames.
Yeah, you could squeeze some Negate versus Next Level Bant and Mythic, but at least for Mythic, I haven’t found them necessary. I’m 4-0 against Mythic without sideboarding in Negate. I actually haven’t played against Next Level Bant so that’s one of the matchups I’m shaky on.
thxxxx for answer me man, nice work
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will test this.
i will play my nationals wih uwr and i need to close my list.
for now im testing saito list and brian lynch list:
3 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
3 Emeria Angel
2 Gideon Jura
2 Jace Beleren
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Wall of Omens
Creatures [19]
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Negate
2 Oblivion Ring
2 Path to Exile
4 Spreading Seas
4 Arid Mesa
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Glacial Fortress
5 Island
2 Mountain
3 Plains
4 Scalding Tarn
SIDEBOARD
4 Calcite Snapper
2 Cancel
4 Flashfreeze
2 Into the Roil
1 Martial Coup
1 Negate
1 Oblivion Ring
what do u think about this list?and do u change anithing on saito list?
thx and keep going man!!!
what do u think about emeria?
I haven’t tested Emeria but in theory, she seems awesome against many decks. The only thing that worries me is Lightning Bolt in Jund. So if you expect a lot of Jund, I would keep her in the sb instead of main.
Brian Lynch’s deck looks interesting. I haven’t tested it but it looks solid. And he could’ve won the tournament. He dropped in the semis because he was hungry. I like it for the rogue factor since most people won’t expect angels in Super Friends
I think it could be the next evolution to Super Friends. Bolt is great against other planeswalkers and helps against fast decks like Mythic and RDW. And the angels protect your walkers and give you a different avenue of winning.
I haven’t changed anything to Saito’s list because I’ve been winning
I’ve gone 19-5 with the deck. All the cards have been great.
Here’s my matches:
Jund 1-2
GWB Junk 2-0
GWB Junk 2-1
Brilliant Ultimatum 2-1
Jund 1-2
Mirror 1-2
Turboland 2-0
Mythic Bant (Non-Conscription) 2-1
Enchantment Sigil Deck 2-0
Enchantment Sigil Deck 2-1
UW Control 2-0
Mythic Conscription 2-1
Enchantment Sigil Deck 2-0
WU Control with All is Dust and Eldrazi 0-2
Mythic Conscription 2-0
Non-Mythic Bant 2-0
Jund 2-1
Mono Green Elves 2-1
Jund 2-0
Jund 2-0
Mythic Conscription 2-1
RDW 2-1
Jund 1-2
Mythic 2-1
One thing to keep in mind is that I play relatively slow with the deck since there are so many options and the best play is not often evident right away. But it doesn’t really matter because I play online on Magic-League.com and online play is faster. For example, shuffling and taking mulligans is fast. You just do CTRL + S or CTRL + M. But I think I may have problems completing games offline.
So my advice is to do a lot of testing, so that you can play faster and still make the right decision. This is definitely not a simple deck you can just pick up and play. It’s pretty complex.
Btw, you missed the 3 Baneslayer in the Lynch’s deck.
I recommend testing both decks against a gauntlet and just going with the one that wins the most.
Good luck!
What about sideboard strategies against Vampires? I seem to have many vampire decks in my area.
I added sideboard plans for Vampires.
Is so hear to define my list.
i test the emeria version and emeria is only good in ur open hand against the vengevine and anothers, thats i think why u dont hv wraths.i think the saito list is more solid list.but i hv a lot fo question in my head.
is so hard to beat turbo land, how u make 2-0?
why sb ajani out against judn an grixis?
against the jund when i put the jaces out i loose my draws and i dont hv a mind spring to make it.is so hard play without draws.
what do i think about purges? flashfreeze for me is better then purges because i hv a lot of troubles againts blightning etc.negate against jund work?
thxxx for answer me man, ur are a great guy, keep going!!!
I’m on a little bit of a downswing. Here are my last matches since I posted my results:
Mythic Conscription 1-2
Mono Green Elves 2-1
Grixis Control 1-2
Next Level Naya 2-1
Grixis Control 2-1
RDW 0-2
Turboland 1-2
Turboland is a bad matchup. You have to get lucky to win. I took out Negates for Flashfreeze because I was losing to Ruinblaster. Plus, there are not a lot of control decks in my meta.
Ajani is too slow for Jund and Grixis in my experience. Those decks has too many ways to stop a slow planeswalker (Blightning, Bolt, manlands, unearth, haste, Thrinax, Pulse, etc).
You could try Jace B against Jund but in my experience Jace B just dies right way so you’re paying three mana to draw a card and maybe fog. If they Blightning or Bloodbraid, then you lose card advantage. If you want more card draw and expect a lot of Jund, you can try Divination instead.
Purges have been great but Flashfreeze is probably better. Now, I have both
I don’t really like Negate against Jund. 1-2 is probably fine to board in, but in my experience you have to tap out a lot so you don’t have time to use Negate. And it doesn’t stop the creature draw: t2 leech, t3 thrinax, t4 bloodbraid, t5 bloodwitch.
My new sb:
2 Baneslayer Angel
3 Celestial Purge
4 Cunning Sparkmage
4 Flashfreeze
2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
I wouldn’t try the new sb unless you’re fairly certain that there won’t be a lot of control and combo decks at nationals. Actually, Baneslayer is probably the weakest link. You could go with something like this to squeeze in some Flashfreezes and keep the Negates in.
2 Celestial Purge
4 Cunning Sparkmage
3 Flashfreeze
4 Negate
2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
I like keeping some Purges for RDW. Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any more questions.
thxxx a lot!!!
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manabards against turbo land in the play is answome
joking!!!
do u realy love this guy – Cunning Sparkmage?he can win matchs?
lols about the Manabarbs.
I would never cut Cunning Sparkmage as long as Mythic is popular. He’s the best card against Mythic. The way to beat Mythic in post-sideboard games when they bring in all their counterspells is to attack their mana dudes so you have time to setup your planeswalkers. Remember they need a target for Sovereigns and quite often that target is a Cobra, Birds, or Hierarch.
Sparkmage is perfect because he’s cheap and avoids Negate. Plus, he can keep their Elspeth from going crazy. My record versus Mythic is 5-1.
Plus, there’s the surprise factor. He’s a rogue sideboard card. Many players don’t know how to play around him because they’ve never seen him coming out of a control deck.
nice work
hey man , what do u think change 1 jace b for 1 mind spring and maybe 1 day for 1 martial and add 2 negates maybe for 1 ajani and 1 oring or wall?
I think that’s okay.
Hi Dee,
what do u think of the best UW control deck? Can you post it please? And what abt the sideboard plans for it? Do you consider it can beat WUR? I’ve been trying UWR with nice results but I’d like to try WU only since AJANI ’s ‘death’ sems to be near.
In my meta there is a lot of Jund, RDW, Mythic Bant and WRU superfriends
Thks a lot fr yr help and I hope you can post the best updated UW ctrl deck. I’ve got only 2 JMSculpt + 3 Jace Beleren. No problem with Elspeth and Gideon
JG
Im playing with this for now-
3 Baneslayer Angel
1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
4 Wall of Omens
2 Deprive
4 Path to Exile
3 Day of Judgment
1 Martial Coup
2 Mind Spring
3 Oblivion Ring
4 Spreading Seas
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
2 Gideon Jura
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Arid Mesa
1 Scalding Tarn
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Glacial Fortress
Sejiri Refuge
6 Island
5 Plains
2 Tectonic Edge
SB:
4 Negate
3 Emeria
3 Kor Firewalker
3 Flashfreeze
2 Celestial Purge
im testind this deck without calice, my meta is jund here.
Hi JG,
I’m not really sure what the best UW control deck is. I tried Brad Nelson’s winning GP deck but I only won 50% of my matches. I think enzo’s list looks solid.
Personally, if I was to try out UW, I would go with Shaheen Soorani’s PTQ winning list. It’s the last list in this article. He made three top 8s in this season’s PTQs with UW before winning one finally.
I’m not comfortable with giving sb plans because I don’t have enough experience. Maybe enzo can share the sideboard plans that have been working for him.
Shaheen’s list has 3 Jace TMS, but you can substitute Jace B for the third one.
I think the matchup is close with UWR with playskill being a big issue. I just lost to UW yesterday because I made a mistake g1. I outplayed him g2 but mulled to four g3. The key cards for UW are counterspells, O Rings, Luminarch Ascension, Emeria Angel, and planeswalkers.
By the way, you can still play Ajani V for about 3 more months in Standard.
sb plans depend of version
mirror and uwr
-4 wall
-3 wrath
+4 negate
+3 emeria
and u hv another cards againr control in ur sb u can cut + 2 paths and 1 baneslayer
bant
-4 wall
-1 seas
+3 emeria
+2 negate
mythic
u can try – 2 elspeth or seas, dont know for some flash and negates
rdw
-3 wraths
-1 martial
-3 jace
-4 seas
-2 deprive
+3 kor
+2 purge
+3 flash
+4 negate
and against jund
-3 jace
-2 deprive
-2 path
-1 o ring
+3 kor
+3 flash
+2 purge
if u hv calices u can cut them
Thanks, enzo!
THKS A LOT ENZO AND DEE; INDEED YOU’VE HELPED ME A LOT!
BYE
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against turbo land u can cut 4 seas for 4 negate and more 3 cards for 3 flashfreeze
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against turbo land u can cut 4 seas for 4 negate and more 6 cards for 3 flashfreeze e 3 emeria
maybe 4 wall and 2 elspeth or sphinx?
I would cut sphinx and wall but not elspeth. Elspeth gives you offensive firepower especially with flying to go over the plant tokens. I think cutting one Path is good since you’re already bringing in Flashfreeze for Oracle. Plus, Path just gives them more lands, which helps their strategy.
mmm…what about the Witch (Vampire)? Protct x white…Should I include 1 Mond control in SB to deal with it? I got a first round against vamps and I could not do anything before he played his witch…no JOD, ..no Sphinx…
JG
JG, if you have Malakir Bloodwitch in your area, 1-2 Mind Control is good for sb. But it seems like you just got unlucky not to draw one of your six answers. Usually you will draw one of them early.